Blagrave Arms Grand Opening: Town pub gets new look
I’ve been busy lately. That and my irritating cold has made blogging harder than usual in recent days. No matter. Last night I was at The Blagrave Arms where, after several flutes at the Grand Opening (I will explain), I suddenly began to feel a bit better.
The Blagrave Arms was bought recently by my friend Naz and his partner Anna Korsgrove. His announcement that he was buying a pub surprised me, to say the least. He had a successful IT career, flying regularly to Scandinavia, so this seemed a considerably radical move to me. Last night, in his speech, he said how he and his partner had always wanted to do this. It was a shared dream. Now they are fulfilling their dream - how many people can say that?
Naz and Anna had a plan to transform the pub into a wine bar, giving it a lighter look (whitening the walls and darkening the floor) but retaining the Victorian bits. The result was seen publicly last night at the new-look bar’s Grand Opening. I thought Naz and Anna (formerly an auditor), both newcomers to the hospitality sector, had achieved something special. The wine list looks good (though I’m not an expert) and Naz even designed a new logo. Pop in and take a look!
May 19th, 2009 at 5:59 am
Were there any old pictures? We are in the USA and share the name and are interested in any history on this pub! Thanks
Lisa Blagrave
October 25th, 2010 at 5:39 pm
saw Article in the press re:reopening.
It mentioned popular with after work clientele some of staff at Apex Plaza pop in after work. We are another large company just moved to this side of Reading town centre, looking for an after work local
Do you have website ? with historical interest of the pub?
Do you do meals at lunctime? Do you have an menu? What ales do you do? Do you support local Breweries? Are you a meeting place for Campaign for Real Ale CAMRA?
thank you
Thirsty of Reading